White fever
Subtitle: a journey to the frozen heart of Siberia
By: Jacek Hugo-Bader ; translated from the Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones
Contributors: Lloyd-Jones, Antonia, translator
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
ISBN-13: 9781619020115; 9781619021327
Subjects: Social conditions; Travel; Russia (Federation); Siberia; Description and travel
Work titles: Bia¿a gora·czka
Description: Chronicles the author's journey across Siberia in the middle of winter, during which he explores the post-Communist communities that suffer from high rates of suicide, murder, alcoholism, and deaths from AIDS.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Bonnet into the wind; title: The loony's exam, or a small and impractical Russian-English dictionary of ...; title: Rabid dogs; title: Minefields; title: Miss HIV; title: Comrade Kalashnikov; title: The study aids store; title: A small corner of heaven; title: Black square; title: My guardian angel's plait; title: White fever; title: The drunks' shamaness; title: 296 hours.